Alive a rough
Guide
Considered in detail, issue by issue.
I'm attempting to do an issue by issue summary here of the last five years
of Alive, in a realtime sense of things, I'm at the Medway Jagfest, it is
Sunday morning, and no-one is in a mood to do any sort of work. So here
goes....
This was originally going to be something added on to my main article
commemorating the 5th birthday. A nice 20k add-on to the main textfile, so I
thought! Once I started to use the original main menu structures, it sort of
expanded to the monster that you are about to attempt to read!
My advice is for you to take it nice and easy, don't read it all in one go,
lie down at frequent intervals, and ask yourself "Why?!"
Starting at the beginning.
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------------ Alive Issue One : release date November 10th, 2000 -----------
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There is an intro for this debut issue, a nice fractally inspired piece of
code by GGN of Kua. He was doing rather a lot of that sort of thing at the
time! There were some grisly graphics by Exocet featured here as well.
EDITORIAL ....................................................CiH/Stsurvivor
Credits ..........................................................Stsurvivor
Greetings are sent to the aLiVe! writers!.........................Stsurvivor
Who is the aLiVe! team ? .........................................Stsurvivor
A few BORING statistics...........................................Stsurvivor
The Alive KoloUr tAgger (AKT) : wake up writers !........................GGn
The double-headed editorial introduced the new diskmag to a stunned world.
With the credits and statistics out of the way, GGN wrote a helpful howto
guide for using the Kolour Tagger to make those lovely multi-coloured Alive
texts you so enjoy. Now there was no excuse to avoid making your own!
NEWS and RUMOURS ................................................ Stsurvivor
Scene Emaillist 2.9 .................................................... MCL
Hedgehog Lingerie....................................................... CiH
Atari Homepages Selection........................................ Stsurvivor
New Webzines............................................................ CiH
Three New DHS Online Compos !.......................................... Evil
Fading Twilight Progress Report ................................. Stsurvivor
In 'News and rumours' five years ago, Cream have been quiet on Heftig
lately, damn, time really is speeding up!
There was a certain amount of looking at scenish activity on the internet
with Atari home pages reviewed by STS, the Scene email list 2.9 came from MC
Laser. In addition, a new development on the reading horizon, webzines and
MyAtari were considered. Bringing up the rear was a final desperate plea
from CiH, for Maggie contributions for that final issue! The double life I
was leading back then!
Unconventional Party 2 realtime article (German).................... various
Unconventional Party 2 report ..................................... Paranoid
Another Unconventional view............................................. 505
A lonely French in Legensfeld.................................... Stsurvivor
Unconventional Party 2 Compos Results........................... Mad Butcher
LTP4 report ......................................................... Exocet
Four Days In Hell :)............................................. Stsurvivor
aRTS 2 Party Report................................................. Strider
The party reviews came in thick from our German correspondents, with
Paranoid and 505 making their reports, and there was even a lonely Frenchman
in Legensfield. The LTP4 report came from Exocet, and STS didn't enjoy
himself at all at a Peecee party .Finally in a busy session for parties,
comes Strider's aRTS 2 Party report.
SinTep party info .................................................. CosmosH
Error In Line #2 English info file...................... Escape / Checkpoint
Error In Line #2 German info file....................... Escape / Checkpoint
STNICCC 2000 : latest news............................... Richard Karsmakers
Of great interest are the forthcoming Error in Line parties and STNICCC
2000, both of which are previewed here
An interview with ST Ghost of Sector One......................... Stsurvivor
An interview with Zerkman of Sector One.......................... Stsurvivor
An interview with Carbon of Atari Active......................... Stsurvivor
An interview with Exocet of Pyjama............................... Stsurvivor
An interview with Ray of tSCc.................................... Stsurvivor
I think we know who these people are!
Not so easy to be a good writer ..................................... Ghandi
Is it still worth being an Atarian ? ............................... CosmosH
STNICCC 2000 : the hidden side ......................................... CiH
Heading for a PC scene ? ........................................ Stsurvivor
News from Amiga Inc. ................................................ Exocet
We had fellow diskmag obsessive and Amiga scene botherer Ghandi asking why
it was 'Not so easy to be a good writer' CosmosH raised the fundamental
question "Is it still worth being an Atarian ?" Now does that really need an
answer! I was a little concerned with STNICCC 2000's hidden corporate face.
That one didn't turn out to be so bad after all. STS asks if we are 'Heading
for a PC scene ?' It was left for Exocet to put a positive face on this part
of the mag with some 'News from Amiga Inc.'
Milan II is dead ....................................................... CiH
The rise and fall of Milan II ..................................... Paranoid
News about Tempest................................................. Paranoid
An interview with Paranoid about Tempest development ................... 505
Paranoid really hits his investigative stride, with his long look at the
demise of the Milan II. Also there is some news about the forthcoming
Tempest accelerator board. Now I wonder what happened to that one?
F030 : "Hardcore" by MIND DESIGN................................... Paranoid
F030 : "Heresy" by PARANOIA....................................... Stsurvivor
F030 : "Burning Bee" by SDT....................................... Stsurvivor
F030 : "music disk" by FUN ....................................... Stsurvivor
F030 : "30 minute pictures slide show" by SUPREMACY .............. Stsurvivor
F030/ST : "Wave Upon Wave" by YM ROCKERS.......................... Stsurvivor
F030 AND ST : "Error in Line 2 invitros" by DHS.................. Stsurvivor
ST/e : "Tut" by WILDFIRE....................................... The Berserker
ST/e : "Waiting for the Apocalypse" by LOUD!.......................... Dma Sc
F030/STe : "Kuovadis" by KuA............................................. CiH
The SV2000 wave of demos is picked up and reviewed, with Hardcore from Mind
Design, 'Tut' from Wildfire both featued here. Also Heresy from Paranoia,
the FUN music disk, 30 minute Picture slideshow from Supremacy, Waiting for
the Apocalypse from Loud all get in here. The first YM Rockers chipzik disk
also gets the Alive once-over.
The news on games is a little quieter, with a lone entry, 'Kuovadis'
F030 : ATARI 800 EMULATOR 1.0 by David Firth/Petr Stehlik............... CiH
F030 : ... and now what about 8 bit demos ?............................. CiH
F030 : DHS Falcon Demo System v13 by DHS............................... Evil
F030 : Ooh Mighty Blobs by MIND DESIGN................................. Deez
F030/ST : SND Pack 7 by DHS........................................ Paranoid
F030/ST : ERRORS 2 ST by ESCAPE.................................... Paranoid
F030/ST : GEM Curios.................................................... CiH
F030/ST : Tracking Hints................................................ 505
F030/ST : Playing YM x2................................................. 505
CiH is bubbling with pleasure that his CT2 can sort of maybe run the awesome
Atari 800 emulator. He even gets around to looking at some 8-bit demos. It
was good at the time, but the CT60 is the real deal, take it from me folks!
There are timely contributions on the coding side of things, with Evil
telling us about the finer points of the DHS Falcon Demo System v13. Deez
cries "Ooh Mighty Blobs"
Introduction To Game Music CD Reviews................................ Dma Sc
Game Music CD Reviews part one....................................... Dma Sc
Game Music CD Reviews part two....................................... Dma Sc
Kill Censorware !....................................................... CiH
Udder Denial............................................................ CiH
Hate and Bile........................................................... CiH
Making your computer life easier ....................................... CiH
A GREAT artist and a good friend too !........................... Stsurvivor
HR Giger online ................................................. Stsurvivor
A smallish selection brings up the rear for the miscellaneous section, with
some game music CD reviews handily supplied by Dma SC. A blagged and massive
'Mad Cow' report constitutes some of the ultimate scaremongering around.
There is a plea to kill censorware, and someone called Gus Spank lets off a
cloud of hate and bile!. Bringing up the final article, is a handy guide to
Alien artist HR Giger by STS
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------------- Alive Issue Two : release date April 24, 2001 ---------------
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EDITORIAL ...........................................................CiH/Sts
Credits ................................................................ Sts
Greetings are sent to .................................................. Sts
A few boring statistics AGAIN ...........................................Sts
The editorial was written in the immediate Error in Line aftermath. We are
all walking on clouds, and the editorial is bursting with happiness. Well
why not!
LATEST ATARI NEWS
Error In Line 2 Predictions !.......................................... CiH
Scene Emaillist 3.1 .................................................... MCL
Latest DHS Online Compos Results!....................................... DHS
Atari Licences for sale............................................... Marss
Little Big Compo !...................................................... CiH
Source Availability Announcment.................................. Noah Silva
Stemboy Emulator........................................................ CiH
As Error in Line 2 rushes closer, there is an air of excitement at Alive
ghq. I attempt some predictions for that party. Might be interesting to re-
read and see how wildly out of line with the facts it was!
There were the latest DHS Online Compos Results to consider, and Atari
Licences were for sale, according to Marss. There was more gem-related fun
to be had from the Little Big Compo, and the Stemboy emulator had its first,
mostly unsuccessful outing here.
TRAVEL REPORTS
STNICCC 2000 realtime article....................................... various
STNICCC 2000 party report .............................................. CiH
Another British STNICCC 2000 view.................................... Felice
STNICCC 2000 compos results............................................. DHS
JAGFest 2001.......................................................... Marss
E-Jagfest report.................................................... various
The first of the big parties announced in the first issue has been and gone,
and gets both a couple of reviews and realtime article. The STNICCC was very
much fun, attracted quite a lot of 'new scene', and avoided just being a
club for the old timers.
There was a report from what was to be a more significant party idea in the
future, the E-Jagfest report.
NOSTALGIC BITS
The Man With A Million Atari Games !.......................... Suzanne Ashe
An Insider's View Of Atari........................................... Marss
An Interview With A Former Atari Tester.............................. Marss
We get the first of Marss's mega-contributions, albeit much of it a straight
netgrab.
VIRTUAL PLAYGROUND
F030 : "Legend Of Espen" preview ....................................... CiH
F030 : "Aces High" preview by NATURE.................................... CiH
F030 : "Knight Lore" unveiled .......................................... CiH
F030/STe : "Gilbert 2" by Adamsky....................................... CiH
The magazine asks the good question whether we are "not too old to play
video games ? It seems the answer is "no", with several previews and
reviews, such as the Milan-tastic high-end "Legend Of Espen" preview, the
neat multi-player "Aces High" combat flyer from NATURE. At the STNICCC 2000,
I discovered a ZX Spectrum-tastic "Knight Lore" conversion for the Falcon,
and "Gilbert 2" comes from Adamsky to conclude.
JAGUAR : "Eternal Darkness : Scent of the Spider" .................... Marss
JAGUAR : "Caves Of Fear CD"........................................... Marss
JAGUAR : "Native preview"............................................. Marss
JAGUAR : "Protector Special Edition preview........................... Marss
JAGUAR : "The Rocky Horror Show" on Jaguar ?.......................... Marss
LYNX : "Championship Rally" by Songbird Productions................... Marss
LYNX : "Renmant, planar wars 3D" by Songbird Productions.............. Marss
LYNX : "Super Asteroids and Super Missile Commands" by Greg George.... Marss
Marss gets busy with a lot of Jaguar and Lynx reviews, sourced from some
other places.
ATARI DEMOS REVIEWS
F030 : "On Edge Of The Abyss" by MYSTIC BYTES........................... Sts
F030 : "Sleepless" by MIND DESIGN.................................. Paranoid
F030 : "Remind" by ESCAPE.......................................... Paranoid
F030 : "Binliner" by AVENA.............................................. Sts
ST/e : "Stniccc 2000" by OXYGENE................................... Paranoid
ST/e : "Centauri" by TSCC............................................... Edo
ST/e : "Craptalk" by PYJAMA........................................ Paranoid
ST/e : "Xmas 2000" by PARANOIA.......................................... Sts
ST/e : "Senseless" by SUPREMACY...................................... Exocet
ST/e : "Japemo" by SUPREMACY......................................... Exocet
ST/e : "Pov 164" by PERSISTENCE OF VISION............................... Sts
We are invited to take an unusual approach to demo appreciation, to "open
your mind and dive into their dream." Heyyy man!
A ragbag of remaining SV2000, and miscellanous material appears, and also
the STNICCC releases. This turned out to be quite a good party on that
level, worthy of a precursor to EIL part 2. We had "On Edge Of The Abyss" by
MYSTIC BYTES, a DSP Black Lotus lookalike for the Falcon. There was
"Sleepless" by MIND DESIGN to follow up Hardcore. There were some fragments
of Tat, with the three "Binliner" screens seen here.
There was an 'EKO System' for the STe, "Stniccc 2000" by OXYGENE. The guys
from Sirius reminded us they were back with "Centauri" . There were several
smaller releases, such as "Craptalk" by PYJAMA, "Xmas 2000" by PARANOIA,
"Senseless" by SUPREMACY, and Japemo and Pov 164 at the end.
F030/ST : "Maggie 10th Aniversary Special" by MAGGIE TEAM............... Sts
F030/ST : "ST Offline Issue 1" by ST OFFLINE TEAM....................... CiH
XL/XE : More 8 bit demos................................................ Ggn
I got to see the reviewing process from the other end, as the Maggie 10th
Aniversary Special has STS take a look. ST-Offline was probably the last new
non-scene diskmag in traditional format. It had potential, but no real
articles. We were quite kind to it, others, (Moondog), were much harsher!
And George (Ggn) follows on from my Atari 8-bit demo reviews, with some of
his own.
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Scene Accessories....................................................... CiH
Dirk Returns !.......................................................... CiH
Bill Dreams............................................................. CiH
An Interview With The Ataris.......................................... Marss
Atari Force : Defenders Of The Universe !............................. Marss
Nude Ascii.............................................................. CiH
The History Of Video Games............................................ Marss
2001 : Gamers Hell ?.................................................... Sts
Embarassment Chip !..................................................... CiH
An Interview With A Greek Amstrad Scener............................. Exocet
Royal Recipes........................................................... CiH
The Worst Computer Of All Times....................................... Marss
The Sexy Side of C64.................................................... CiH
The last section is titled "raving mad / out of range / utopia / whatever"
Wouldn't it have been easier just to call it 'miscellaneous'?
CiH, freed of Maggie responsibilities, has more time to spare, and is making
this part of Alive his domain.
From that list, the 'Royal Recipies' article must have been a direct stream
of consciousness thing from a really bad acid trip! The rest is almost
sensible.
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------------------------ Alive SE EIL 2001 : April 01 ---------------------
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EDITORIAL .............................................................. Sts
Credits ................................................................ Sts
Greetings are sent to .................................................. Sts
This really should be called 'Alive 2.5'. I saw the original menu planned
for issue 2, and that thing was huge, well up to the sort of size records of
the later Maggies! Anyway, STS pruned enough from issue 2, and added on some
very rapidly written reports and reviews to make up a post-party special
issue.
LATEST ATARI NEWS
Pre Error In Line 2 News................................................ Sts
After Error In Line 2 News.............................................. Sts
EIL2 Compos Results..................................... Escape / Checkpoint
EIL2 Gaming compo results............................... Escape / Checkpoint
Some Words From the EIL2 Organizers..................... Escape / Checkpoint
The first EIL2 report online........................................... Evil
Another EIL 2001 report............................................ Paranoid
A short party report.................................................... Sts
There is a fair bit of scene news from just before the party. The web
version of Alive EIL duplicates STS's short party report in the 'After EIL
News' entry. Never mind!
Of the party reports, there is a straight grab from Evil's DHS website one,
a series of personal views from STS and the party organisers. The best job
done at short notice, was by Paranoid who provided a decent party report. My
marathon length effort was nowhere near ready yet! I also use the excuse I
was roped in at short notice to provide some of the reviews!
EIL 2 RELEASES
Rate It Yourself : other demos views............................... Modmate
F030 : "Hmm" by ESCAPE............................................ Paranoid
F030 : "Don't break the Oath" by DHS................................... CiH
F030 : "Wait" by T.O.Y.S............................................... CiH
F030 : "Rock Solid" by PARANOIA........................................ Sts
F030 : "Coffeine Overdose" by REMO..................................... Sts
F030 : "Pizza" by SPICE BOYS........................................... CiH
F030 : Misc and smaller productions by FUN, ESCAPE..................... Sts
ST/e : "Odd Stuff" by SECTOR ONE....................................... Sts
ST/e : Misc and smaller productions by PYJAMA, TSCC,................... Sts
F030/ST : "Undercover 21" by TSCC...................................... Sts
F030/ST : "Ascii Nation" by CIH........................................ Sts
Here it is, apart from the party reports, the real meat of the issue, the
demo reviews. Were they as brainblasting, second time around, in the cold
light of day and away from the party euphoria? Yep! Seems they are!
The rough division of effort on this section goes as follows. Paranoid gets
the top job reviewing the winning demo. CiH deals with the Swedish
accelerated Falcon school of demos, and STS picks up the rest.
Almost missed in the rush, are two diskmags, one of which is new, and the
other an old reborn favourite! Undercover is back "Heeeres Moonie!"
NOSTALGIC BITS PART 2
The Unknown ATARI Mascot !............................................ Marss
ATARI in Films........................................................ Marss
The Birth Of The ST................................................... Marss
THE ALTERNATIVE CORNER
Toshiba NUON machine review........................................... Marss
What NUON machines offer you that others don't........................ Marss
A controller for NUON machines........................................ Marss
NUON press reviews.................................................... Marss
The NUON Ces 2001 Report.............................................. Marss
An interview with Jeff Minter......................................... Marss
An interview with Michael Schmidt..................................... Marss
An interview with NUON developer TAKS................................. Marss
An interview with Miracle Design...................................... Marss
NUON : "Ballistic" the first NUON game................................ Marss
NUON : "BugDom" by Pangea Software.................................... Marss
NUON : "Bust A Move 4" by Taito....................................... Marss
NUON : "Freefall 3050 A.D." by Total Arkade Software.................. Marss
NUON : "RC de Go !" by Taito.......................................... Marss
NUON : "Tempest 3000" by Jeff Minter.................................. Marss
NUON : "The Next Tetris" by Blue Planet Software...................... Marss
The remainder of this special issue acted as a textual blotting paper, to
soak up Marss's manic netgrabbing. Lot's to interest you if you are into the
Nuon machine.
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---------------- Alive Cube : release date October 14, 2001 ---------------
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There was a Falcon intro from Mind Design, did you catch the 'artistic
developments' part of their name? Anyway, it's a floor, erm no, a tunnel,
lots of particles flying all over the place, and some dot globes to finish.
A nicely downsized version of the sort of thing that they were doing at the
time.
EDITORIAL ...........................................................CiH/Sts
Credits and Contact .................................................... Sts
Greetings are sent to .................................................. Sts
Current Issue Statistics ............................................... Sts
Time for new charts .................................................... Sts
There was a fairly extensive layoff, nearly six months to be precise. What
had we been doing in that time? Mainly enjoying a quiet summer, I think.
There's a certain amount of pleading for stuff (STS), and a fair bit of
personalised rambling stuff (CiH). Oh yes, the link between Rushden and
diskmags was broken, as I moved house back then.
LATEST ATARI NEWS
Inside The Scene ....................................................... Sts
Scene Quizz : are you a good scener ? :) ............................... Sts
Infogrames Plans for Atari ........................................... Marss
Atari Users Unite ! .................................................... Sts
ST Genealogy Homepage ................................................ Kephy
Chu Chu Rocket Press Release from Reservoir Gods ........................ RG
Wolfenstein 3D ported to the ST by tSCc ................................ Ray
Super Fighter 2 hitting the ST ? .................................. Paranoid
Upgrading the JAGUAR ? ............................................... Marss
A late Error In Line 2 party report .................................... CiH
The ALTernative Zone at the Assembly ................................. Setok
ALTernative Party 2002 infofile....................................... Setok
DHS Summer Online Compo results........................................ Evil
Fading Twilight : Excerpt Two .......................................... MCL
Here's a large and mixed bag of news and assorted press releases. There are
lots of things quietly bubbling under on the scene news. We are hopeful of a
release of the CT60 by the end of the year!
The scene quiz provides too much inspiration from the opening question. "The
word 'Scene' stands for?" The correct answer being "A Senseless Collection
of Elephants Native from Estonia". Well if the trunk fits wear it, I
suppose.
There are some stunning games on the way, the Reservoir Gods burst back to
life with a nearasdammit all finished 'Chu Chu Rocket', their press release
teases with the goodness to come. A promising young coder called Ray shows
his first beta of a Castle Wolfenstein conversion for the STe. Wonder what
happened to that? And in the course of pondering missed opportunities, where
did 'Death Adder' get to in his porting of 'Super Fighter'. Maybe it didn't
add up!
INTERVIEWS
Nicknames Stories : the truth unveiled ............................. various
An Interview with the makers of STEEM .................................. CiH
An Interview with Baggio of WILDFIRE ........................... Marss / Sts
An Interview with Patrice Mandin of TRIO ....................... Marss / Sts
An Interview with No of ESCAPE ................................. Marss / Sts
An Interview with Sine of IDEMLINE ............................. Marss / Sts
An Interview with Marcer of ELITE .............................. Marss / Sts
An Interview with Marq of FIT .................................. Marss / Sts
An Interview with InSTream of NATURE ........................... Marss / Sts
"Atarians always have things to say!" So this section goes. In among all the
chats with well-known people of the Atari scene, there is a fascinating
little article which picks up on the reasons why some people chose their
scene nicks. Surprisingly most of these aren't taken off a rock band or
movie. There are even a couple of literature based nicks! Atari scene
people, we're not dummies!
DEMOS REVIEWS
F030 : "Outfast" by THE BLACK LOTUS..................................... Sts
F030 : Unnamed Intro by FUN & SECTOR ONE................................ Sts
ST/e : "DHS Summer Compo Demo" by MANY ATARIANS......................... Sts
Oric ? Yep Oric demos by DGBUG OF NEXT.................................. CiH
AMIGA demos on PC ! .................................................... Sts
LYNX demos .......................................................... Exocet
We're in the post-EIL "good job well done, let's laze around for summer"
demo slump. Well to a point anyway. Almost the sole new interest is based
around the DHS summer compo, with some very nice parts. An 'accidental'
release of a Black Lotus demo fragment had aRt grinding his teeth in
supressed rage for a long time afterwards. We are scraping around, as STS
even goes to the length of reviewing classic Amiga demos on a Peecee
emulator, and CiH goes after yet another 8-bit platform with demos. This
time, the Oric, made famous by Dbug of Next.
TOOLS
F030 : "STeem v1.5"..................................................... CiH
F030 : "Natframe" by NATURE............................................. CiH
F030 : "CD-Lab" by Zerkman of SECTOR ONE........................... Paranoid
Eclipse Installation ................................................. Marss
It's summer, CiH has no Falcon handy, so consorts with the dark side, at
last with an early version of STeem. Blue winframe fun gets in, thanks to
the Nature Brothers. CD-Lab follows that, and Marss comes up with an on-
topic netgrab, with a how-to installation guide for the Eclipse graphics
card.
GAMES
F030 : "Painium disaster" by ANVIL SOFT ........................... Paranoid
F030 : "Pinball Dreams" released as a freeware ......................... CiH
ST/F030 : "Gem Elite" by Holger Weets .................................. CiH
JAGUAR : an interview with FORCE DESIGN .............................. Marss
JAGUAR : an interview with STORM WORKS INTERACTIVE ................... Marss
JAGUAR : "Dark Projet" in progress by OMC GAMES ...................... Marss
JAGUAR : "Space War 2000" prototype version availability ............. Marss
LYNX : "Distant Lands" preview by SONGBIRD............................ Marss
LYNX : "Stardreamer" preview ......................................... Marss
LYNX games in the pipeline ! (part one) ................................ Sts
LYNX games in the pipeline ! (part two) ................................ Sts
There is a bit of substance to the games menu, with Painium Disaster being
the big release for this issue. Pinball Dreams, a formerly commercial game
manages to escape to a freeware review, and close comparisons with
Obsession! Then there is a real high-end curio, with Gem Elite needing a CT2
and 800 x 600 screen as a MINIMUM spec machine to play it on!
Marss steps in with plentiful Jaguar and Lynx material, and even STS is
boosted by console fever to come up with a couple of nice articles, backed
by an impressive use of screengrabs, about the Lynx.
THE ALTERNATIVE CORNER
Samsung's new and enhanced NUON ...................................... Marss
VM LABS plans with Activision ........................................ Marss
Interview with the makers of "The Next Tetris" on NUON ............... Marss
NUON : "Iron Soldier 3" by ECLIPSE ................................... Marss
NUON : Tempest 3000 rising to success ! .............................. Marss
Marss's Nuon-fest continues. I will say this, he does choose his netgrabs
well. The reviews are nice, and backed with some good screengrabs, allowing
for the inevitable resolution and colour drop.
MISC TOPICS
The rise and fall of Nolan Bushnell................................... Marss
Insider's View : Leonard Tramiel...................................... Marss
What Went Right At Atari.............................................. Marss
A creepy (and true) story !............................................. CiH
Turrican soundtracks on CD........................................... Dma Sc
The GUS speaks ......................................................... CiH
Commercial Break .................................................. Paranoid
A repair car manual's manual :) ........................................ CiH
Having (sort of) fun with a PC ......................................... Sts
Have you already seen that sign ?.................................... Exocet
The Genuine Story of Snakes ............................................ CiH
Micro$oft World Monopoly .......................................... Paranoid
Another view on the World Trace Center tragedy ......................... CiH
Movies : PEARL HARBOR .................................................. CiH
The 'misc' section really lives up to its name this time around. A hairy bag
full of netgrabs, emails 'ported' to here, a handful of decent reviews, and
even a tiny standalone Ascii cartoon. How can you not love it!
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| |_ | |ILLION YEARS AGO.. Before Snakes became immune to their
own venom!
OW! Dammit, bit my tongue... Uh-oh, looks like I've bought
the farm....Thirty seconds to go, 'cause I'm the most feared
and venomous snake in the bush... Life flashing before my eyes..
I see a tunnel of light.. Hang on, that isn't thirty sec.....
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------------------- Alive 4 : release date February, 2002 -----------------
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EDITORIAL ...........................................................CiH/Sts
Credits and Contact .................................................... Sts
Greetings are sent to .................................................. Sts
Current Issue Statistics ............................................... Sts
CiH is very relaxed and self-indulgent in this editorial, STS is less so. We
both talk confidently of the likely success of the Mekka Symposium Easter
coding party, ah, if only we knew what was really coming back then!
LATEST ATARI NEWS
Inside The Scene ....................................................... Sts
Minimag : Issue Umpteen ................................................ CiH
Mekka Symposium 2002 invitation ........................ Mr.Vain / Secretly!
Paracon 3 Party Report ................................................. 505
Paracon 3 Releases and Compos Results ............................. Paranoia
ALT Party 3 Realtime Article ....................................... Various
ALT3 Party Report ...................................................... CiH
Some ALT3 Piccies ...................................................... CiH
E-JagFest 2001 Report ................................... collected by Marss
Various Good Reasons to get a CT060 .................................... CiH
Tempest Current Specs.................................... collected by Marss
Tempest Latest Progress............................................ Paranoid
Eclipse Reviewed ...................................................... Deez
The TOSter Project................................................. Paranoid
A PS/2 Adapter for ATARIS .............................................. Edo
Fading Twilight : Excerpt Three ........................................ MCL
UPDATE : Fading Twilight Excerpt Four is out !.......................... MCL
GodPey Preview by RESERVOIR GODS ................................... Mr Pink
ATARI Games on Mobile Phones ............................ collected by Marss
There are no real stand-out stories for the scene news, that should have
been warning enough for Mekka really! CiH returns an old Diskbusters DBA Mag
favourite to prominence with 'Minimag', a zine within a zine taking a
twisted view of today's news. The party fun continues with Paracon 3, and
the Finnish sleepless winter fun at ALT.
There is a little bit of a 'battle of the accelerators', with the CT60 going
up against a strong paper challenge from the Tempest. Unfortunately, that's
where the Tempest stayed, on paper. Ah well, a 300mhz PPC looked so good. At
the same time the Eclipse graphics card is given the Deez once-over, and
Paranoid swiftly sees off that nasty vapourware goblin, the TOSter. What a
bunch of TOSter's they turned out to be! The Eiffel revew was sensible in
comparison.
For the rest of it, Fading Twilight goes to new heights, and Mr Pink is in
bullish RG corporate press release mode for their new soon-coming game
Godpey. There is an early adventure into Atari games on mobile phones dug
out by Marss.
INTERVIEWS
Nicknames Stories : part two ....................................... various
Looking Back At the French Scene ....................................... Sts
A Retrospect on my Coding Parties ...................................... Sts
2001 : An Arse Oddity .................................................. CiH
An Interview with HIGHWIRE Makers ...................................... CiH
An Interview with Spex of ESCAPE ....................................... Sts
An Interview with Mr Pink and MSG of RESERVOIR GODS .................... Sts
An Interview with REMO ................................................. Sts
An Interview with Matt'USalem of TROLL'N CO ............................ Sts
An Interview with ST Cooper of THE COOLEST PARADISE..................... Sts
Apart from the interviews, this picks up extra steam with a lot of
retrospectively perspected material. STS looks back on his coding parties,
an idea I had at about the same time, and held off for issue 5! There is a
look back on the past year's glories as well.
DEMOS REVIEWS
F030 : "ILLUSION 64" by PARANOIA........................................ Sts
F030 : "F-VITAMIN" by THE SPICE BOYS.................................... Sts
F030 : "I AM A TROLL" by TROLL'N CO..................................... Sts
F030 : "ALTERNATIVE 3 INVITATION" by WILDFIRE........................... Sts
F030 : Small screens by tSCc, SATANTRONIC.......................... Paranoid
F030 : "CHOSNECK ISSUE 1" by MYSTIC BYTES .............................. CiH
F030 : "HIGHWIRE V0.1" by Rob Goldsmith ................................ CiH
ST/e : "AWAKEN" (bits) by COBRA......................................... Sts
ST/e : "PARACON 3 REMINDER" by PARANOIA................................. Sts
ST/e : "OXG SOUND DEMO" by OXYGENE...................................... Sts
ST/e : "FOREVER 2E3" by SATANTRONIC................................ Paranoid
ST/e : "THEMATIC SLIDE SHOW 1" by THE COOLEST PARADISE.................. Sts
ST/e : "XMAS INTRO" by SATANTRONIC ................................ Paranoid
ST/e : "PLANAR INTRO" by SATANTRONIC............................... Paranoid
No major stand-out demos this time. Remember we are in the months before
what was supposed to be the next big Easter party. There are plenty of
little bits and pieces though.
Rather oddly, STS has a category placing meltdown and places the Chosneck
diskmag, which does deserve to be called a major release, and a preview of
the new Highwire web browser together here in this section.
GAMES
F030/STe : "ChuChu Rocket" by RESERVOIR GODS....................... Paranoid
ChuChu Rocket Feedback.............................................. Various
PC Zone Reports on Chu Chu Rocket.......................... collected by CiH
An interview with LYNX developer Carl Forhan ............ collected by Marss
FALCON : "Kwiks!" by DIGITAL NIGHTMARES ................................ CiH
ST/e : "Artic Moves", "Cyberdrome 1.2" and "MEM" ....................... Sts
JAGUAR : "SpaceWar 2000"................................. collected by Marss
JAGUAR : "Star Alliance" by JDC.......................... collected by Marss
JAGUAR : "Speedster 2" by MARIO PERDUE................... collected by Marss
There IS a big stand-out game release though. This issue is in fact, a bit
of a 'Chu Chu Rocket' special, celebrating the Reservoir Gods return to
activity.
A review by Paranoid is followed by collected IRC feedback, which in turn is
followed by an amusing article from a mainstream mag, 'PC-Zone', who manages
to get hold of this game and figure out how to work an ST emulator! It is a
big hit with them and us alike!
The mixture of other releases, covered by various reviewers can't really
hope to compete with that, and they don't. Ok, 'Mem' was a neat little game
in a scene style, with the lovely Exocet drawing for it.
THE ALTERNATIVE CORNER
Top 5 NUON Players....................................... collected by Marss
NUON Development Kit for free............................ collected by Marss
VMLABS latest news....................................... collected by Marss
This should really read "The Marss corner" ;-)
MISC TOPICS
23 Stupid Ways of Dying................................................. Sts
Weird Creatures......................................................... CiH
Jack Dee On Tour........................................................ CiH
Singalonga Spam !....................................................... CiH
Ascii Nation Returns ................................................... CiH
Havin Fun Witgh a PC Part 2............................................. CiH
Life's a Pitch ......................................................... CiH
Swervin' vermins........................................................ CiH
MOVIES : "Monsters INC."................................................ CiH
MOVIES : "Lord Of The Rings"......................................... Saulot
DVD : "Digital Connectivity" of Fear Factory............................ Sts
There is a lot more original work in evidence, as opposed to simple
netgrabs. Looking back, 'Singalonga Spam' really was a work of inspiration
born from a boring day at work. 'Swerving vermin' was inspired by drinking
the same brand of toilet cleaner that led to 'Royal Recipes' in a previous
issue!
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------------------- Alive 5 : release date June 30th 2002 -----------------
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There was almost more activity here with not one, but two intros, then there
was at the Mekka Symposium party. Ray of tSCc was great value for money with
his classy newschool dentro. Bumpmapping, tunnels, and fire effects, topped
with a neat piccy from Havoc. What more could you ask for? Well there's a
Falcon intro from Mind Design as well. Their part of the two for one special
includes garish metablobs, lots of particle stuff, a vector box tunnel, and
culminating in blobs trapped in a vector cube. This issue is clearly the
winner for the range and quality of its intro's, but how does the rest of it
measure up?
EDITORIAL ...........................................................CiH/Sts
Credits and Contact .................................................... Sts
Greetings are sent to .................................................. Sts
Current Issue Statistics ............................................... Sts
STOP FACISM ! WHAT HAPPENED IN FRANCE ????? ............................ Sts
This is the issue which followed the Mekka Symposium disaster. It bears the
scars in several places, including the editorial. STS is feeling a bit more
harassed and downbeat too. Maybe this has something to do with the Le Pen
political machine getting further than it should?
LATEST ATARI NEWS
Inside The Scene ....................................................... Sts
Mekka Symposium 2002 Diary ............................................. CiH
Another Mekka Symposium 2002 Report .................................. Havoc
Mekka Special MiniMag !................................................. CiH
Wild Wild Irc ! ........................................... collected by Sts
PARTIES : ATARI events IN 2002.......................................... Sts
The scene is yet again in a state of being between places, and this is
reflected in the scene news. We go to the toilet on the twitching corpse of
the Mekka Symposium party, with two reports, and a special issue of the
Minimag "celebrating" this event!
INTERVIEWS
CiH Dives Into Parties Nostalgia ....................................... CiH
Nicknames stories : some secrets unveiled ! ............................ Sts
Felice Scene Nick Story ............................................. Felice
An interview with Heinz Rudolf, maker of LETHAL XCESS .................. Sts
An interview with Nerve of EPHYDRENA ................................... Sts
An interview with Fel'X of MJJ PROD .................................... Sts
An interview with Stimpy ............................................... CiH
An interview with Morgan of FANTASY .............................. ST Cooper
An interview with JAGUAR developer JDC................... collected by Marss
A Quick Guide To Understanding Falcon Demos ........................... Deez
Hardware Test : IDE to SCSI Converter ................................. Evil
A mixture of good stuff fills out this section. CiH follows STS into some
coding party nostalgia, written in the hopeful period before the Mekka
debacle. The story behind the scene nicks comes to a close, with a whole
section devoted to the puzzle of 'Felice'. Now that was a story!
The interviews are with some less well known, but up and coming people,
including our dear current co-editor. Finally, a couple of very useful
articles by some versatile Swedes cover an IDE to SCSI converter, and offer
some coding hints to get Falcon demos away from the trap of being tied too
closely to one specific setup.
ATARI REVIEWS
FALCON : "Atari Behn" by EPHYDRENA ..................................... CiH
FALCON : "Bundestag" by THE SPICE BOYS ................................. Sts
ST/e : "Lost Cave" by STAX ............................................. Sts
ST/e : "MJJProd Slideshow" by MJJ PROD ................................. Sts
ST/e : "Spinning Wheels" by YM ROCKERS ................................. Sts
MAGAZINE : "UCM 22" by TSCC ............................................ CiH
MAGAZINE : Why I never managed to send you my article ? ................ Sts
TOOL : "ACE" by NEW BEAT ............................................... CiH
TOOL : "SainT 1.0" by JIMB and LEONARD ............................. Strider
VIDEO : "EIL'99 in Five Minutes" by DHS ................................ Sts
MISC : Archimedes Demos ................................................ CiH
HOMEPAGE : Lethal Xcess Online ! ..................................... Havoc
HOMEPAGE : www.Atari7800.com ...................................... Paranoid
The demos for review have reached new levels of thinness. There is a clear
missing Easter party production gap this time! What is there does its best.
CiH has to go to a whole other scene to get inspiration here. As part of the
Acorn Risc PC series, he does a lengthy demo round-up for that machine.
On the other hand, we are heartened by a new issue of UCM, Moondog's best
yet, and the first release of the fabulous 'Ace' softsynth. There is a
little bit of diskmag editors pisstaking of contributors who don't
contribute from STS.
For emulator fans, there's a new version of SainT, and for internet fans, a
couple more homepages are picked out and reviewed.
GAMES
F030/ST : "Godpey" by RESERVOIR GODS ................................. DmaSc
GODPEY LATEST HI SCORES ............................... collected by Mr Pink
F030/ST : "Double Juggle Vegetabobble" by RESERVOIR GODS .......... Paranoid
F030/ST : "Game Watch" by THE FRENCH CONNECTION ........................ CiH
F030/ST : "Heartland 2000" by MISTER NI ............................. Exocet
JAGUAR games projects at SINISTER DEVELOPMENT ........... collected by Marss
LYNX : "CyberVirus" by SONGBIRD ......................... collected by Marss
LYNX : "Alien Vs Predator" prototype and "3D demo" ..................... Sts
DREAMCAST : The epilogue of SEGA Dreamcast ........................ Paranoid
DREAMCAST : Top 10 of Dreamcast Hits ........................ Paranoid & Sts
GAMECUBE : first impressions about a new machine ....................... Sts
If the demo's were poor, the games make up for that disappointment. The
Reservoir Gods are back, with their latest game 'Godpey'. They go on to add
another release to that score, with the Nintendo game and watch inspired
'Double Juggle Vegetabobble'. In fact, that small handheld gaming machine
gets another review for a conversion to the ST from the French Connection.
Marss gets in with some Jaguar collected material, and self-confessed Sega
Dreamcast fan Paranoid gets in with his retrospective of that brave but
doomed console. STS does not wish to be left out of the minority console
worship, and talks about the new Nintendo Gamecube.
MISC TOPICS
BIOBUGS in your living room !......................................... Marss
Migrating to Mandrake Linux ......................................... Felice
The PC Arse-Page ....................................................... CiH
Micro$haft ............................................................. CiH
ACORN Risc PC 600 ...................................................... CiH
SEGA's failure in the hardware business ........................... Paranoid
Video Games ahead of their time ................................... Paranoid
MOVIES : "Star Wars episode 2 : Attack of the Clones" .................. CiH
MOVIE : Other viewpoints on "Attack of the Clones" ........ collected by CiH
MOVIE : "Spiderman" .................................................... CiH
DVD : "Tron 20th Anniversary Collector" ................................ Sts
DVD : "The Cell" with Jennifer Lopez ................................... Sts
DVD : "Princess Mononoke" .............................................. Sts
Cooking for Idiots !.................................................... CiH
Dilbert Goes Googly .................................................... CiH
Dead Celebrities Special : Computer Trade Weekly .................... Felice
Sins Of the Wolfie ..................................................... CiH
Disobedient Robotic Pop Idol ........................................... CiH
Star Wars Ascii ........................................................ CiH
Twins Separated At Birth ............................................... CiH
It's Fraud Time ! ...................................................... CiH
Queen Mum Minimag ...................................................... CiH
The big winner for this issue is the misc topics section. Everyone seems to
have a say here. There is some useful and informative material, such as a
large guide to the Acorn Risc PC, and the (then) current state of the Acorn
market. Paranoid efficiently fills his role as undertaker for the Sega
console hardware, and for a number of consoles that failed but were ahead of
their time.
It was a summer of big sci-fi, judging by the Star Wars 'Attack of the
Clones' review, and did I really sit down and recolour all that ascii stuff?
There is a fair bit of the fun and frivolous too, with a second special
edition Minimag, covering the death of the Queen Mother. There was also the
first episode of the occasional but persistent ascii cartoon 'Disobedient
Robotic Pop Idol'!
Finally, there was one article which has gone to places where no other
diskmag has gone before, with the tale of a creepy paedophile I knew many
years ago! This last item has come back to haunt me briefly, as pursuing
journalists, seeking to talk to this person, have googled this article as
reference material.
I wonder if there will be a sequel sometime?!
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------------------ Alive SX : release date December 2002 ------------------
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The intro in this issue came to us from MJJ Productions. This was a very
oldschooly affair, with an infotext and horizontal starfield, not to mention
the picture of someone's girlfried at the start.
EDITORIAL ...........................................................CiH/Sts
Credits and Contact .................................................... Sts
Greetings are sent to .................................................. Sts
Current Issue Statistics ............................................... Sts
Alive Issue Five FAQ ................................................... Sts
This is a more upbeat editorial, there is new hope in the air after the
disappointments of the last few months, as Error in Line 3 has got a firm
date. Never has a party announcement been greeted with so much relief!
ATARI NEWS
Inside The Scene ....................................................... Sts
Inside The DEAD Scene .................................................. Sts
Minimag Corner ......................................................... CiH
Some demos lost forever ? .............................................. Sts
Scene Birthday File ................................................ various
Assembly 2K2 (almost true) report ...................................... Sts
Milliways 4 report ................................................ Paranoid
MJJ Prod Summer Party 2 report ..................................... Strider
Paracon 4 party report ................................ Sts / Paranoid / 505
The Jaguar Connexion 2002 report ..................................... Marss
Error In Line 3 Invitation ........................... Escape and Checkpoint
ALTernative Party 3 invitation ....................................... Setok
The Centurbo 060 FAQ......................................... Rodolphe Czuba
STS adds in a pisstaking element to the scene news, with a 'dead scene'
category, which discusses the vapourware and groups past their sell-by date,
and beginning to smell a bit. Minimag returns to whatever passes for normal
service, and STS opens a new line in cruelty with a scene birthdate article.
A batch of miscellaneous party reports is closed off by the Paracon 4 write-
up.
There is quite a nice interview with Rodolphe Czuba, discussing the
forthcoming CT60, and other events in his life. The questions were a joint
effort from several peope. I spotted some of mine in there! We get the
lowdown on the Phenix story too!
WORDS AND THOUGHTS
An interview with Grazey of PHF ........................................ Sts
An interview with Defjam of CHECKPOINT ................................. Sts
An interview with Mic of DUNE .......................................... Sts
An interview with Sandra and Timea of COOL GIRLS ....................... Sts
An interview with Stsurvivor of the ALIVE TEAM ........................ Deez
Editors Madness : from Apathy to Angst ................................. CiH
Old School Sceners Views On Our Scene .............................. various
Shows remembered ....................................................... CiH
About the MJJ incident and more ................................... Paranoid
Wanna read UMD8730 Hidden Part ? ....................................... Sts
Apart from the usual kind of suspects, STS is thrown into the interviewees
chair and interrogated by Deez. A couple of new figures, in the form of the
mysterious Coolgirls reveal themselves. CiH gives a very personal view on
the addiction of diskmag creation, and remembers some old computer shows
from years ago. Paranoid comments on the sprite record wars, and STS makes a
once in a lifetime offer to read the hidden test in the Ultimate Music Demo.
LATEST ATARI REVIEWS
Falcon : "Sweety Buildings" by COOL GIRLS .............................. CiH
Ste : "MJJ player" by MJJ PROD ................................... Paranoid
ST/e : "UMD 8730" by PHF ............................................ Dma Sc
ST/e : "Phototro" by HEMOROIDS ................................... Paranoid
ST/e : "EIL3 invitation" by DHS ........................................ CiH
ST/e : "Thematic Slide Show 2" by THE COOLEST PARADISE ................. Sts
ST/e : "The Sprite Record" fever ....................................... Sts
ST/e : "Paracon4 invitation" by PARANOIA ............................ Exocet
MAGAZINE : "UCM 23" by TSCC ....................................... Paranoid
HOMEPAGE : "MyAtari.net" ............................................... CiH
BROWSER : "Highwire" getting always higher ............................ CiH
UTILITY : Various GEM stuff ........................................... CiH
ODDITY : "Synthcart 2600" ?? ......................................... CiH
COMPIL : ST/e : A new bunch of DBUG compils !........................... Sts
GAME : ST/e : "Megastar" a SEUCK shooter ............................... CiH
Of the demos, the Ultimate Music demo dominates, and well it might. It is a
chairbreaker! The rest is a little bit miscellaneous in quality, but with
Evil's excellent EIL invitro as a harbinger of things to come.
UCM reaches issue 23, and Highwire and MyAtari get a viewing. In the really
out to lunch department is a synthesiser effects cartridge, made out of an
Atari VCS console! Yes, I even had some mp3 tracks made with this and a
little bit of an echo/reverb box. Gaming wise, the excitement of recent
issues is not repeated with a solitary SEUCK shootemup bringing the
temperature up to 'tepid'
CODING TUTORIALS
Optimizing Stuff ...................................................... Earx
3D Progamming part 1 : Camera Movements ............................... Deez
STE Frequent Asked Questions ...................................... Paranoid
TT Frequently Asked Questions ..................................... Paranoid
The coding section is one of the big strengths of this issue. A pair of well
written coding articles by Earx and Deez is nicely topped with a couple of
detailed and lengthy STe and TT FAQ's written by Paranoid
MISC TOPICS
The Story Of the Archimede Demoscene .................................. Baah
C64 Cover Albums ..................................................... DmaSc
Movies : "Men In Black 2" with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones .......... Sts
Anime : "Chihiro's Journey" by Ghibly Studios .......................... Sts
Music : "A Whole Lot Of Nothing" by Clawfinger ......................... Sts
You Don't Know But You're Already Dead ............................... Marss
Loch Ness Monster : New Clues unveiled ! ............................... CiH
Richards Little John ................................................... CiH
Clive and Kicking ! .................................................... CiH
What happened to the Tramiels ? ........................................ CiH
Now go away and stop bothering me ! .................................... CiH
Plastic Teen Love ............................................... Dan Savage
Dirk is back ........................................................... CiH
Disobedient Pop Idol In... Fame ........................................ CiH
Sci-Fi Nostalgia ....................................................... CiH
National Lottery : it won't be you ! ................................... CiH
Tsunami !! ............................................................. CiH
Foodie Film Names ...................................................... CiH
What If ? ............................................................. CiH
We actually get a reply from an Acorn scene person Bahh from Arms Tech, who
is motivated to respond to my recent Risc PC articles. A musically inclined
Dma Sc is back with another review of C64 tunes covered. STS takes care of
the movies.
There is a CiH textual explosion in the 'misc' category, with lots of
ground, serious and not so serious covered. A geriatric Maggie column 'Dirk'
makes a wee-stained return to Alive. There is a second episode of the
Robotic Pop Idol, who stars in the 'Kids from Fame'. We find out where the
Tramiel family got to, which is out of our way! Alternative history, the
Loch Ness Monster, and the biggest tsunami all get our attention amongst a
raft of topics.
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-------------- Alive 7 : release date somewhere in July 2003 --------------
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The ST Knights intro was another 'back to the roots' of the ST effort. There
was an opened hand, with little glow-balls coming from the palm, and a bit
of a scroller at the bottom. Quite an effective use of 'design'.
EDITORIAL ...........................................................CiH/Sts
Credits and Contact .................................................... Sts
Greetings are sent to .................................................. Sts
Current Issue Statistics ............................................... Sts
Articles That Are NOT included and Why ................................. Sts
Can We Be Alive In The future ?? ....................................... Sts
Issue seven is "dedicated to the organisers of EIL 3", and quite rightly so.
The editorial reflects a feeling of uncertainty amongst the main editorial
team, with the question openly being asked if Alive is going to be able to
carry on or not?
I think we know the answer to that by now folks!
ATARI NEWS
Inside The Scene ....................................................... Sts
ALTernative 4 Party Report ............................................. CiH
UK Pre-EIL Meeting Report .............................................. CiH
Error In Line 3 Party Report Part 1 .................................... CiH
Error in Line 3 Party Report Part 2 .................................... CiH
Another Party Report From Finland ! ........................... guess who :)
Error In Line 3 From an Organizer's Point of View .................. Charon
Error In Line 3 Compos Results ...................................... Escape
JagFest UK 2003 Report ................................................. CiH
Jaguar Connection 2003 Party Report .................................. Marss
Huno Party 2003 Party Report ........................................... Sts
Atari Scene Quiz : Who Are These People ? .............................. CiH
Alien Versus Predator Quiz : beat the monster :) ..................... Marss
STS opts for a new and novel approach to scene news. As diskmag editors are
often the people most left out of the loop when it comes to news and
rumours, he gives up on the idea! Well it saves time and space!
There is a HUGE round up of party reports. CiH gets to four events,
including the awesome Error in Line, and the Jeff Minter-tastic ALT party
4th edition, where he cried "Sheepies!" in the sauna. A new concept in UK
parties gets underway with the Jagfest, and there is a lot of pre-EIL fun at
Deez's house. STS adds in a Huno party report. There are also a few extra
viewpoints for some of these parties as well. A cryptic clue scener quiz
rounds things up.
WORDS AND THOUGHTS
An interview with Earx of LlNEOUT ...................................... Sts
An interview with Damo of RESERVOIR GODS ............................... Sts
An interview with C-Rem of MJJ PROD .................................... Sts
An interview with Mikro ................................................ Sts
An interview with Timbral of DEAD HACKERS SOCIETY ...................... Sts
EXCLUSIVE interview with the members of DILDO FATWA !! ................. CiH
The Making of Bud teh Chud in their own words! .................... Charcoal
A Few Words About VMU Wild Compo Entry ............................ Paranoid
EIL3 Afterthought : What Is a Good Demo ?? ............................. Sts
The interviews are a selection of new and old people. Earx, fresh from his
triumphant release of 'Delta', Reservoir Gods new kid 'Damo', who debuted at
the EIL part 3, and even a mysterious fake crew who burst forth at that same
party, in the manner of a overloaded septic tank!
LATEST ATARI REVIEWS
Falcon : "Delta" by LINEOUT ............................................ GGn
Falcon : "Beams" by TSCC ................... unreleased +2 months after EIL3
Falcon : "_" by ESCAPE ............................................ Paranoid
Falcon : "Falcon Contribution" by CRUOR .................... Earx + Paranoid
Falcon : "Echos" by DHS + EVOLUTION + NEW BEAT .............. Sts + Paranoid
Falcon : "Incoming" by THE COOL GIRLS .............................. Strider
ST/e : "Illusion" by DUNE .................. unreleased +2 months after EIL3
ST/e : "Posh" by CHECKPOINT ............................................ GGn
ST/e : "Moving Into Darkness" by DEAD HACKERS SOCIETY ....... GGn + Paranoid
ST/e : "Hallucinations" by RESERVOIR GODS .............................. GGn
ST/e : "Fantasia" by DUNE" ................. unreleased +2 months after EIL3
ST/e : "Mind Rewind" by RESERVOIR GODS ................................. GGn
ST/e : "Popstars" by YM ROCKERS ....................................... Earx
ST/e : "Grimey" by RESERVOIR GODS ........................... GGn + Paranoid
ST/e : "Sprell" by CREATORS ................ unreleased +2 months after EIL3
ST/e : "MJJ Slideshow 2" by MJJ PROD ................................... Sts
ST/e : A couple of intros by MJJ PROD .................................. Sts
ST/e : Error In Line 4Kb Screens ....................................... Ggn
ST/e : Error In Line 128 bytes Screens ................................. Ggn
Various : Old Demos Revisited .......................................... CiH
LYNX : "Lynx Reloaded" by SAGE ...................................... Exocet
COMPILS : "dbug 175 up to 178" by DBUG .......................... St Michael
COMPILS : The ATARI TIMES CD ......................................... Marss
MAGAZINES : "Undercover 24" by TSCC .................................... Sts
MAGAZINES : French ST MAG is kicking back ! ........................ Strider
TOOL : "Ace Tracker" Full Version by NEW BEAT ......................... Damo
GAME : "Superfly" and more by RESERVOIR GODS ......................... DmaSc
GAME : "Manga Puzzle" by THE COOLEST PARADISE ............... Simon Sunnyboy
GAME : More GEM games reviewed ! ....................................... CiH
GAME : "Soulstar" another Jaguar shooter Prototype ................... Marss
HI-TECH : LCD Screen for Your Falcy ! .................................. CiH
OLD-TECH : Atari Transputer revisited ! ................................ CiH
And what a feast of releases we have in this issue! The results are in for
the third Error in Line party. In spite of some missing entries, there is
enough here to put a smile on the face of even the most pessimistic diskmag
editor.
The highlights are 'Underscore' for the Falcon, and almost too many to
choose for the ST. It is a fight between 'Posh', 'Darkness' from DHS, and
'Fantasia' from Dune. Not to mention a well-stocked second division of demos
and intro's, especially from the hyperactive Res Gods and others. Oh yes,
there was the three years in the waiting 'Delta' megademo from Earx and
Lineout. Did I mention the Cool Girls by the way? It's almost ridiculous, we
go from scraping the barrel for the last couple of years, to a flood of
demo's which is enough for two or three issues of Alive. Famine to feast,
don't you love it?
There are other big releases apart from the demos covered, which include the
RG cavern romp 'Superfly', and the release of the eagerly awaited tracker
version of the Ace softsynth from Newbeat. Also, the steady progress of UCM
is tracked to issue 24, and CiH tries one of those newfangled LCD flatscreen
thingies on his Falcon. It works!
MISC TOPICS
Dirk Philosophic Corner ................................................ CiH
FICTION : Enter the Ma[tari]trix ....................................... Sts
Origami Digital : Demos exposed in Museum ? ...................... Paranoid
WARBALLS : Miniwar Iraq Special ! ...................................... CiH
GBA demos reviewed .................................................. Exocet
GBA : Flash 2 Advance Kit ........................................... Exocet
Future of the Handheld Market ? ..................................... Exocet
MOVIES : "Xmen 2" : the sequel ! ....................................... Sts
MISC TECH : The X-Prize ................................................ CiH
MISC TECH : Oil from garbage ! ................................. Jerome Burn
PC ARSE : The trouble with Word 2000 ........................... Gus Mueller
MISC SEX : Superman Sex ! ...................................... Larry Niven
You can tell where the bulk of the effort goes into an issue of Alive just
by looking here. If it is a quiet time, scene-wise, this section gets a big
boost. This time around, there is not so much to show here as the scene is
buzzing. Highlights do include a satirical look at the Iraq invasion,
Minimag style! Paranoid goes to a museum to watch some demos, shakes his
head saying "They don't have a clue about this!" Exocet dabbles with the
Gameboy Advance demo scene, and STS enters the Matrix.
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----------------- Alive 8 : release date February 2004 -------------------
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EDITORIAL ...........................................................CiH/Sts
Credits and Contact .................................................... Sts
Greetings are sent to .................................................. Sts
Current Issue Statistics ............................................... Sts
A seven month pause between issues earns this one the soubriquet of 'Issue
(l)eight from STS. The editorial is one of totally contrasting moods and
changing directions. CiH is ecstatic, the long awaited CT60 has arrived, new
possibilities abound. STS is giving up, he's had enough! What will happen
next?!
ATARI NEWS
2003 Retrospect and 2004 Predictions .................................. Sts
ALTernative 2004 Report Part 1 ......................................... CiH
ALTernative 2004 Report Part 2 ......................................... CiH
Rust Party Report .................................................. Strider
Nordic Atari Show 2003 ............................................. Timbral
Jagfest Micromart Show Report .......................................... CiH
OutLine 2004 Party Invitation ........................................ Havoc
CT060 Warranty Claim ................................................... CiH
Sceners in search engines .............................................. Sts
Demos Names Sources ................................................ Various
Atari Forums ................................................ Simon Sunnyboy
Gem Candy 2003 ......................................................... CiH
Demos : The Longest Way ................................................ Sts
STS offers his views on the past year. There is a batch of party reports,
including the ever-popular ALT party with new added heterosexual naked sauna
appeal! There was also a nice little retro show called Micromart, and most
importantly, the first official information about the new Outline Easter
party.
STS types in scener names into Google, to see what comes up, some demo names
are explained. The 2003 class of Gem Candy is shown off, and Simon Sunnyboy
explains the use and purpose of Atari Forums.
WORDS AND THOUGHTS
CT060 First Impressions ................................................ CiH
CT60 Benchmarks And Facts ............................................. Deez
DHS Scene Polls considered ............................................. CiH
Falcon's 10th Anniversary .............................................. CiH
Are we the B.O.O.F. ? .................................................. Sts
The Alive Oscars ....................................................... CiH
An interview with Corbeau of DUNE ...................................... Sts
An interview with Gloky of MJJ PROD .................................... Sts
An interview with Andrew Whittaker ..................................... Sts
An interview with Rajah Lone ........................................ Cooper
The big news for this year, and this issue of Alive, is the arrival of the
much delayed CT60. CiH has got his hands on one of these, and gives it a
thorough going-over, Deez joins in. The DHS scene polls and their results
are analysed. STS asks if we are old farts (yes!) And CiH awards the Alive
Oscars, sort of a continuation of the Maggie end of the year review.
ATARI REVIEWS
Falcon CT060 : "1_0" by EVOLUTION ...................................... CiH
Falcon : "Out" by LINEOUT .............................................. Sts
ST/e : "Illusion" by DUNE ......................................... Paranoid
ST/e : "Fantasia" by DUNE .......................................... Cyclone
ST/e : "4ster" by CHECKPOINT .......................................... Jace
ST/e : "WarriorZ" by YM ROCKERZ ....................................... Jace
ST/e : "MJJ Prod 10th Anniversary" By MJJ PROD......................... Jace
ST/e : "Hilary Rosen and Donkey Sex" by DILDO FATWA .................... Sts
ST/e : various intros by MJJ PROD, Paranoia and others ................. Sts
GAME : "Zombie Apocalypse" by STAX .................................. Exocet
GAME : "Roger" by TOBE ................................................. Sts
GAME : "Space Battle" by PARADIZE .............................. Sts and CiH
GAME : "Tiles Osmosis" by CEREBRAL VORTEX ........................... Cooper
TOOL : Highwire The Latest ............................................. CiH
TUTORIAL : Chunky 2 Planar ........................................ Paranoid
PIXELITE : Introduction ............................................ Cyclone
PIXELITE Volume 1 ...................................................... Sh3
EMULATION : CT60 Road Test ............................................. CiH
ST SOUND Acorn Style ................................................... CiH
This issue does quite well for demos, in spite of the fact that we are
'between parties'. The first CT60 intro makes it in time, thanks to Deez.
For those people with less elevated tastes in hardware, the full appearance
of the Illusion and Fantasia demo's from Dune sorts them out nicely, along
with Earx's Falcon busting 'Out' demo. YM Warriors fight again, and
Donkeysex can be had for the price of a download!
Gamers are invited to shoot zombies by Stax, battle in space with two
players by Simon Sunnyboy. There are a couple of 'lost and found again'
games in the form of 'Roger' and 'Tiles Osmosis'. They hold up quite well,
as it turns out.
Highwire is still evolving at a furious rate. Paranoid gives his expertise
in the newschool field of Chunky to Planar coding, and Cyclone gets stuck
into 'Pixlite'. Emulators on the Atari are subjected to the full force of
CT60, and there is even a bit of YM-sound on the Acorn.
MISC TOPICS
Peecee Rage ! .......................................................... CiH
Minimag : Third Time Lucky ! ........................................... CiH
CD : Lethal Xcess official soundtrack ............................... Dma Sc
The Saga Of SEGA .................................................. Paranoid
The Beige Flag ......................................................... CiH
Suicidal Robotic Pop Idol .............................................. CiH
Atari Spam and Viruses ................................................. Sts
Gobby Bloke !........................................................... CiH
Chick Lit ! ............................................................ CiH
Universe In A Box ...................................................... CiH
Diary Of a Computer Repairman .......................................... CiH
Gus Spank .............................................................. CiH
If I stacked up all the anti-PC articles that I had written, they would make
a tall wobbly pile that might reach the moon! Peecee rage is merely the most
modern expression of this continual angst, taking in such things as spam and
spyware. Dma Sc proves that the time he does not spend making music, he uses
up by listening to it with another CD review. Paranoid returns to the story
of Sega. The Robotic Pop Idol takes a Seb-like view and considers ending it
all! Gus Spank puts on his political analyst hat, and considers the curious
speaking habits of an ex-Malaysian president. There is a sort of tutorial
thing on how to make a big space war game, and even baptist christian
cartoons are given a fun twist in this issue!
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-------------------- Alive 9 Release Date February 2005 --------------------
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Editorial .......................................... CiH and Cyclone/X-Troll
Undercover Magascene meets Alive ............................. Moondoog/TSCC
Credits and Contact ........................................ Cyclone/X-Troll
Greetings are sent to ...................................... Cyclone/X-Troll
Current Issue Statistics ................................... Cyclone/X-Troll
With the departure of STS from editing duties, there is a long pause between
issues. Alive seems to have been cast into the outer darkness, but there has
already been a succession agreed. From issue 9, Cyclone of Xtroll, or CXT
takes over STS's part. It is a good while before a new issue of Alive comes
together, and in that time there is a further unexpected development. None
other than Moondog comes on board as a third co-editor, finally giving up
the struggle to maintain Undercover Mag on his own.
The editorials reflect something of these troubled times, and not a little
bit of unwanted real life happenings intruding in some places too.
ATARI NEWS
MusicMon 2.1 SID released .................................. Cyclone/X-Troll
Triplex (Damo's Version) released ...................... Damo/Reservoir Gods
Paracon 6 Party Report ............................. 505/Checkpoint^Creators
Paracon 6 Party Report ................................... Sunnyboy/Paradize
Unconventional 2004 Party Report.................... 505/Checkpoint^Creators
Outline 2004 Party ..................................................... CiH
Outline 2004 Realtime Article for UCM ...................... Lots of Sceners
Jagfest 2004 ........................................................... CiH
Breakpoint '04, the "Highlights" ....................................... CiH
Alt Party Inc - The sixth and corporately reloaded edition ............. CiH
CT60 Interim Report .................................................... CiH
There has been a fair bit of activity whilst we've been sleeping. MusicMon
is back from the dead, and some people reach chiptracker heaven with the
revived Triplex tracker, both of which were featured as giveaway's on the
Alive 9 'cover disk'. That was one big change of management style, to bundle
Alive with a big release or two.
There is a fair wodge of party reports, including the latest Paracon and
Unconventional reports, The popular Outline Easter party gets in, including
the UCM realtime text. There is a Jagfest report, an Alt Party report as
well. To conclude, there is a cunningly edited hatchet-job on Breakpoint
'04. Oh, and that CT60 seems to he ongoing, with an interim report. That can
be summed up as "cooling issue sorted out, some stuff appearing for it now."
Atari People
Interview with Laurent Kermel .............................. Cyclone/X-Troll
An almost true Interview with Scheme ................................... Sts
Interview with Tobe/MJJ-Prod ............................... Cyclone/X-Troll
Interview with Earx/Lineout ................................... Moondog/TSCC
Interview with Cooper / Paradize ........................... Cyclone/X-Troll
Interview with Crazy Q / DHS ............................... Cyclone/X-Troll
Most of the intervals are the usual sort of format, apart from one, where
look, STS hasn't left the building completely, and is motivated to
"interview" a certain personage called "Scheme", probably the most amazingly
talented person on the Atari scene ever! If only the rest of us curmudgeons
would only rally around him and help out ;-)
ATARI Tech
Torture Your YM - Make it squeal like a pig with fake resonant effects gwEm
Start synchronisation techniques YM sampling and a brand new YM effect gwEm
YM Volume Levels ...................................................... gwEm
minYMising - Shrinking your music driver data structures .............. gwEm
Overscan Techniques ........................................... Alien/ST CNX
56 Byte C2P for use in size limited Demos ............................. gwEm
Low Star Galaxy Model ......................................... Earx/Lineout
Blitter Mania ................................................ Tobe/MJJ-Prod
The lost Address Register ...................................... Ultra/Cream
Cookies for the Beast ...................................... Cyclone/X-Troll
Using Compact Flash and DiskOnModule with Falcon 030 .................. gwEm
NeoChrome 2.28 Manual ............................................ Anonymous
There is a welcome new face making his first appearance here, as soundchip
maestro gwEm hits us with a whole lot of tutorial articles on coding the YM
soundchip. This guy is one to watch. He also impresses with a description
of his Compact Flash memory card add-on to the Falcon. Now storage has never
been so quiet and small!
A diverse range of tutorials from a diverse range of people make up a strong
selection for this issue.
WORDS AND THOUGHTS
In ten Words ........................................................... CiH
2004 Retrospective ..................................................... CiH
2005 Whats in a year? .................................................. CiH
Dying or alive as ever? Views into the Atari Scene ....... Sunnyboy/Paradize
Badger Badger ........................................ Charcoal/Bud teh Chud
Just Do it! ............................................................ CiH
My Life at Atari ............................................ Jane Whittaker
Modern Games Development ........................................... Pink/RG
The Forum Boys ....................................................... Marss
This section occupies a bigger share of the mag this time around. In ten
words is a wordplay game, to describe something in precisely ten words, no
more, no less. The 2004 retrospective is the 'End of the year awards' in
another guise. 'What's in a year' asks the reader to consider several
anniversaries, including this one! Not to mention the 20th birthday of the
ST. Simon Sunnyboy asks if the Atari scene is dying or alive, I think it is
the latter! There is a bit of a team talk from CiH. Jane Whittaker tells of
their time at Atari. Mr Pink shares his expertise of the world of games
development, and Marss shows himself to be quite a good original article
writer if pushed, with his 'Forum Boys' piece.
ATARI (P)REVIEWS
CT60 VLM ............................................................... CiH
Stocasto ............................................................... CiH
Xmas 2004 Demo ......................................................... CiH
STNICCC Directors Cut DVD .............................................. CiH
French Outline 2004 Intro ..................................... Moondog/TSCC
Outline 2004 Intros ........................................... Moondog/TSCC
Outline 2004 Intros (The not so minor stuff) ........................... CiH
DHS Online Competition (Part 1 - Falcon and CT60) ...................... CiH
DHS Online Competition (Part 2 - ST and STe ) .......................... CiH
Compact Disx not worth to have? .............................. Moondog/TSCC
GEM Stuff updated!...................................................... CiH
Zview Beta 2 ........................................................... CiH
GEM Mania - Panic ...................................................... CiH
GEM Mania - Quix ............................................. Moondog/TSCC
GEM Mania - Peking ........................................... Moondog/TSCC
GEM Mania - Rosemary Racoons Strip Game ...................... Moondog/TSCC
Bold Review ................................................ Cyclone/X-Troll
Bold Review .................................................. Moondog/TSCC
Droid II Review .............................................. Moondog/TSCC
D-Bug Menu 184 ............................................... Moondog/TSCC
Retro Gamer Magazine Issue 4 ........................................... CiH
ST Magazine issue 132 .................................................. CiH
Anno 3017 Preview .......................................... Cyclone/X-Troll
Jimmy O'Rourkes Magical Time Travelling Challenge Chamber .. Cyclone/X-Troll
Lethal Xcess XL Preview .................................... Cyclone/X-Troll
Minefield (P)review ........................................ Cyclone/X-Troll
Pooz Preview ............................................... Cyclone/X-Troll
Republic Obituary .......................................... Cyclone/X-Troll
Roger 2000 Preview ......................................... Cyclone/X-Troll
Super Cars II STE Preview .................................. Cyclone/X-Troll
There is a choking backlog of reviews and previews in the extra long time
since the last issue. There is a certain amount of bundling with both the
Outline '04 entries, and the DHS online competition, all of which contained
some very nice material. The CT60 Virtual light machine, Paradox's Xmas
demo, the NoCrew Stocasto intro all get their own individual reviews.
For something different, we get the STNICCC directors cut dvd to look at,
and some printed media with the sadly missed Retro Gamer magazine, and the
French to English ST Magazine.
Moondog is dismissive of some compact disk collections, there is a great new
image browser called zView. There are several game reviews, where Moondog
and CXT overlap to some extent, and a wodge of previews of games that have
either not yet appeared, or never will do so?
Announcements
Outline 2005 Invitation .............................................. Havoc
On the road again : The Jaguar Connexion 2005 ........................ Marss
Paperware - Becane Atari No5 ......................................... Marss
There is a small advertising section, including that all-important Outline
'05 invite text.
MISC TOPICS
Universe in a Box 2 .................................................... CiH
Universe in a Box 3 .................................................... CiH
The Poly Play .......................................................... CiH
Meeting Jollygood Games ................................................ Sts
Lord of the Rings Exhibition ........................................ Felice
The Blues Band Experience ........................................... Felice
Fahrenheit 9/11 - The Conspiracy theorist's view!....................... CiH
Chick Lit .............................................................. CiH
Farting Robotic Pop Idol ............................................... CiH
Gus Spank on the Telly - The funny thing(s) about Sky Satellite TV...... CiH
Alive Sports News ...................................................... CiH
Speaking Weasel ........................................................ CiH
Cinema - Der Wixxer (German) .................................. Moondog/TSCC
Cinema - Dawn of the Dead ..................................... Moondog/TSCC
Cinema - Van Helsing .......................................... Moondog/TSCC
This is a surprisingly small selection for the long period concerned, but
there are some large articles. The overly ambitious 'Universe in a Box
series' carries on in a couple of new parts. The East German arcade machine
with good clean communist coding, the Polyplay, is considered. Felice gets
back in with a couple of days out. There is a very alternative tinfoil
hatted view of Michael Moore's latest film, and those wacky baptist
cartoonists get the special treatment again! The Alive Sports news takes a
wacky race to the end of this issue, but loses out to Moondog the movie
reviewer at the finish.
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------------------- Alive 10 Release Date May 14th 2005 --------------------
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Editorial .......................................... CiH and Cyclone/X-Troll
Credits and Contact ........................................ Cyclone/X-Troll
Greetings are sent to ...................................... Cyclone/X-Troll
Current Issue Statistics ................................... Cyclone/X-Troll
In contrast to the extended layoff between issues 8 and 9. This issue
managed to appear in a twinkling of an eye, well three months later! I guess
this was to show that we could do it, and to capitalise on the post-party
period after Outline. It also had a useful function in restoring a general
equilibrium in our overall activity rate.
The editorial is upbeat, firm, and decisive. It knows what it wants for the
next issue as well.
ATARI NEWS
Outline 2005 Realtime Report .............................. Outline Visitors
Outline 2005 Report .................................................... CiH
Mini Mag ............................................................... CiH
The Centurbo 2 Reappraised ............................................. CiH
Inside the Scene ................................. STS and Cyclone / X-Troll
The news is brief in column size, but some nice things in there. A full
report and realtime for the Outline party, a new edition of the Mini Mag,
the scene news thing gets a revival, and the Centurbo 2 sees how it stands
up to the CT60.
Atari People
Interview with Dark Angel / Aura ........................... Cyclone/X-Troll
Interview with Adok of Hugi Mag ........................................ CiH
Interview with GGN / KUA Software Productions .............. Cyclone/X-Troll
Dildo Fatwa in Konversation ............................................ CiH
Gaming Greed (A personal Insight) .................. Simon Sunnyboy/Paradize
Interview with CiH .................................................... gwEm
The interviews manage to step out of the normal boundaries for a bit, with
old time scene personalities like Dark Angel getting in. There is also an
interview with Adok of the Peecee Hugi diskmag, and more conventional people
like GGN of Kua. CiH gets the reversal treatment after being snagged for a
chat by gwEm, and a strange fetid fake demo collective tell us about the
last two years of their life!
ATARI Tech
Bootsector Mania ........................................... Cyclone/X-Troll
Keftales (Commented Source Code) ........................... Cyclone/X-Troll
Psycho Bee (The Making of) ............................................. ggn
Ooma (Commented Source Code) ........................................... p01
DIM Disk Image Format Conversion ........................................ggn
DIM 2 ST Converter Source ...............................................ggn
NeoChrome ............................................................... ES
There is some activity on the bootsector coding, as the bulk of the coding
tutorials deal with some of the recent Outline entries. A guide to the DIM
image format gives emulator fans something to chew on.
I remember the NeoChrome manual well, as I spellchecked and grammar checked
the damn thing!
WORDS AND THOUGHTS
Jargon ................................................................. CiH
The Future of Diskmagazines ................................ Cyclone/X-Troll
A Letter ............................................................... CiH
Party Time? ............................................................ CiH
Atari Twilight Zone .................................................... CiH
This is 'sort of misc' but not silly enough. CXT considers the future of
diskmags, CiH goes jargon busting, and considers the serious issue of what
happens for next year's Easter party. That one has been sorted, thanks! Then
there is a little "Whatever happened to?" selection from the Twilight Zone!
ATARI (P)REVIEWS
Outline Bootsector Compo Review ........................................ CiH
Outline 4ktro Compo Review ............................................. CiH
Outline Wild Compo Review .............................................. CiH
A 1st glimpse at MaxYMiser .......................................... Marcer
Beams Review ........................................................... CiH
Mental Pong ............................................................ STS
Pooz Preview ........................................................... STS
Atari Demoscene 2003 DVD Review ........................................ CiH
Manga Mania Slideshows by the Byte Review .......................... moondog
Just Musix 4 ........................................................... CiH
Just Musix 4 ....................................................... moondog
Phatt Demo Report ...................................................... CiH
TYMewarp ............................................................... CiH
The Beasts Crew strikes back ... somehow ........................... moondog
Eat my bollocks, erm balls ......................................... moondog
[NEW] Wolfenstein 3D preview [NEW] ..................................... STS
Flashback .............................................................. CiH
Ausbruch a Preview of Steinbruch by Foundation Two ................. moondog
Chris Hellfire and the Pyramid of the Damned ........................... CiH
Blum Review ............................................................ CiH
Oldies or Goodies ...................................................... STS
GEM Elite .............................................................. CiH
zWeather ............................................................... CiH
There has been quite a rate of activity in this early part of 2005, with
lots of releases, both in and out of the Outline party. The uber-demo
happens to be a refugee from Error in Line in 2003. Finally, the 'Beams'
demo is out, was it worth the wait? You bet! The Outline entries are
disposed off efficiently in a series of combined reviews. There is a big
musical influence this time around, with Just Musix 4 for the Falcon, Phat
demo, tYmeWarp, and the Maximiser tracker catering for fans of the Yamaha
sound chip! Moondog casts a glowering eye over the hyperactive Beasts Crew,
and isn't too impressed with the sprite record attempts either.
There is a fair bit of activity for games, with Pooz being previewed,
Flashback making it to an SDL abandonware conversion, but you do need a
fairly meaty machine to play that one. We also find the full version of the
budget Willies Adventures impersonator 'Blum' out at last. One of the other
Outline '05 game entries 'Ausbruch' is previewed, and a monostyle departure
into text adventures called 'Chris Hellfire' is previewed too. A new online
enabled application from Zorro, zWeather, allows you to check the weather
from the comfort of your Falcon.
MISC TOPICS
Mini Mac ............................................................... CiH
In the Trashcan ............................................... CiH and GwEm
Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy - Movie Review ........................ CiH
Barfuss - Movie Review ............................................. moondog
Dawn of the Dead - Directors Cut - DVD Review ...................... moondog
Gamecube Resident Evil 4 Review ........................................ STS
With the shortened timescale, there is a shortened misc topics selection.
The first hint of a major change in the CiH computing landscape comes with
some Mini Mac advocacy. A very old Maggie favourite gets the revival
treatment, as gwEm tries to put unliked things of his in the trashcan! The
long awaited Hitchhikers Guide movie gets a dispassionate review, with
Moondog taking care of the other multimedia duties. STS finishes the issue
with a review of Resident Evil for the Gamecube.
============================= The End, for now ==============================
Ok, you have completed the 5th anniversary issue by issue guide,
congratulations, do you want a prize or something? Yes?? I'm afraid you got
us confused with wealthy people! The richness of knowledge gained from
reading this textfile should be a prize in itself!
CiH, for Alive Mag,Oct '05
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